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Charging-free electrochemical system for harvesting low-grade thermal energy
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Significance: Tremendous low-grade heat is stored in industrial processes and the environment. Efficient and low-cost utilization of the low-grade heat is critical to imminent energy and environmental challenges. Here, a rechargeable electrochemical cell (battery) is used to harvest such thermal energy because its voltage changes significantly with temperature. Moreover, by carefully tuning the composition of electrodes, the charging process is purely powered by thermal energy and no electricity is required to charge it. A high heat-to-electricity conversion efficiency of 2.0% can be reached when it is operated between 20 and 60 °C. Such charging-free characteristic may have potential application for harvesting low-grade heat from the environment, especially in remote areas.
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- Yang, Y., Lee, S. W., Ghasemi, H., Loomis, J., Li, X., Kraemer, D., Zheng, G., Cui, Y., & Chen, G.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2014-11-17
- Volume
- 111
- Issue
- 48
- Pages
- 17011-17016
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- OpenAlex
- W1970981096
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- 276
- References
- 16
- FWCI
- 5.51
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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